Brooder-coop.



B. H. BRAINARD.

BBOODER COOP. APPLICATION FILED Ln. 5, 1910.

Patented Jan. 24

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UNITED STATES PA ENT orrron.

PEARL HENRY BRAINARD, OF MACOMB, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T MACOMB POULTRYSUPPLY COMIANY, OF MACOMB, ILLINOIS, A FIRM.

BROODER-COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

Application filed April 5, 1910. Serial No. 553,532.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEARL ITENRY BRAIN- ARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Macomb, McDonough county, Illinois,

' have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooder-Coops;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in brooder coops forchickens, and the like; and the objects and nature of the invention willbe readily understood by those skilled in the art in the light of theitollowing explanation of the accompanying drawings showing what I nowconsider my preferred embodiment from among other formations andarrangements within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention consists in certain novel features in construction and incombinations and arrangements as more fully and particularly set forthand pointed out hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings;Figurc 1, is a perspective viewof the coop set up, a portion of the removable top hood being brokenaway to show the formations of the spacing projections of the end wallsand otthetop edge portions of the roof plates. Fig. 2, is a crosssectional view taken in the plane of the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is adetail perspective view of portions of the roof plates and front endwall separated, portions of the doors being shown.

The coop disclosed is of the sheet metal knock down type composed ofsuitably formed sheet metal plates removably joined together at theiredges. Suitably galvanized sheet or other metal plates are preferablyemployed.

The side walls or plates 1, and the end plates or walls 2, are removablyand slidably united at their vertical meeting edges by the ordinaryinterlocking hook flanges or seams 10, as will be well understood bythose skilled in the art. In the specific example shown, the horizontalupper edges of the side plates 1, are formed with out turned flanges 11,and the top edges of the end (front and rear) walls 2, are formed without and down turned or hookflanges 20.

3, is the removable horizontal floor plate or wall formed with dependingflanges 30, removably and vertically receiving the in and upturned hookflanges 12 of the end and side walls and connecting the lower ends ofthe four vertical walls and bracing the same. However, the invention isnot limited to such connection between the floor and walls.

In the example illustrated, I show the coop provided with a gable roofcomposed of two similar roof plates 5, and a longitudinal central hoodor cap (3. The front and rear end walls 2, each have a central topprojection 21, and the two flanged edges 20, of each end wall areinclined downwardly and outwardly from the center projection 21, to meetat their lower ends the flanged upper ends of the side walls.

The roof plates 5, at their end edges have depending hook flanges 50, toengage the end wall flanges 20, and slide upwardly thereon toward thespacing projections 21. The lower longitudinal edges of the roof plateshave intnrned hook flanges 51, to engage the flanges 11, of the sidewalls when the roof plates are in their normal positions. The upperlongitudinal edges of the roof plates are turned upwardly to form thevertical walls or flanges 52, formed with transverse ventilatingopenings 53, and terminating in the out and downwardly inclined flanges5 1 forming caves over hanging and guarding the ventilating openings andslide ways for the cap or hood. The upturned edges or flanges 52 of theroof plates are spaced a distance apart by the spacing projections 21 ofthe end walls and flanges 52, are formed with vertical end grooves orsockets 55, removably receiving the vertical edges of said projections21. The cap or hood closes the top of the coop intervening between theend projections 21, and the roof flanges 52, and along its oppositelongitudinal edges is formed with down and inturncd hook flanges (30, toreceive the flanges 54, in longitudinal sliding adjustment. The hood canbe formed of a sheet of metal doubled along its longitudinal center toform the central longitudinal raised fold or doubled flange 61, fromwhich the opposite sides of the plate incline downwardly and oppositely.A suitable handle or bail (52, can be applied through said doubled fold61.

The hood slides endwise and longitudinally onto the upper flanges of theroot plates and the projections 21, fit up into the end portionsthereof. The hood thus locks the roof plates against removal and theroof plates lock the sides and ends of the coop against removal. Thehood can be slipped longitudinally from the roof plates when the coop isto be knocked down. The hood fits over the flanges 54: of the roofplates and provides eaves overhanging and guarding the ventilatingopenings into the coop. Material advantages are attained by thuslocating the ventilating openings at the extreme top of the coop into anupward extension thereof as will be appreciated by those skilled in theart.

A vertical wall of the coop is formed with an opening for the passage ofchickens to and from the coop and for purposes of ventilation. Threedoors are provided for this opening; one door 7, being vertically barredfor the free in and out passage of the chicks; one door 70, beingscreened to protect the chicks from vermin, etc., and to provideventilation, and the third door 71, being solid or a flat imperforatemetal plate to protect the chicks from cold or storm. A spring, or othersuitable catch, 8, is provided for holding one or more of said doorsopen and another catch 80 is provided for holding one or more of saiddoors in closed position. All three doors are hung to independentlyswing on a singl common vertical rod or shaft 9, arranged to one side ofthe opening into the coop and vertical wit-h and spaced outwardly adistance from the vertical coop wall having said opening therein. Theshaft 9, is carried by the horizontal outwardlyprojecting ears or ends90, of a vertical plate 91, arranged vertically at the inner surface ofsaid vertical wall and riveted or otherwise fixed thereto and having itsupper and lower ends bent laterally and passed outwardly through slotsin said wall to form said shaft carrying ears 90. Each door has parallelhorizontal ears 7 2, projecting outwardly from its pivoted end andperforated to loosely receive and swing on said shaft 9. The door ears72 are arranged between the shaft supporting ears, and the ears of eachdoor are arranged in different horizontal planes of the ears of theremaining doors so that the ears of the doors overlie and rest and turnon each other about a common vertical axis.

I do notherein claim the door construction, arrangement and mounting asclaim for these features is made in my application filed December 19,1910, S. No. 598,242.

It is evident that various changes and modifications might be resortedto in the forms, constructions and arrangements of the parts describedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my inventionand hence Ido not wish to limit myself to the exact constructions disclosed hereby.

What I claim is;-

1. In combination, in a knock-down coop, removable side and end walls,the end walls having top upwardly extending spacing projections, roofplates slidably interlocking with the top edges of said end walls andformed with sockets to receive the upright edges of said projections,said roof plates having upwardly extending portions spaced apart by saidprojections and terminating in out-turned flanges, and an eave-forminglongitudinally slidable hood interlocking with said flanges and closingthe space between said projections and upper portions of said roofplates.

2. In combination, side walls, end walls removably joined thereto, andhaving central elevated spacing projections, removable roof platesfitting the upper edges of said walls and at their upper edges fittingthe vertical edges of said projections and spaced apart thereby, thespaced upper edge por- .tions of said plates being upturned and formedwith ventilating openings, and a removable longitudinal hoodinterlocking with and joining said upper edge portions and formingprojecting guard eaves above said openings.

3. In a brooder coop, in combination,side walls, end walls, a pair ofroof plates removably joined thereto and having their upper longitudinaledge portions spaced apart and formed with ventilating openings andturned upwardly with out turned top' edge flanges, and a longitudinalhood bridging the space between said top edge portions and at itsopposite longitudinal edges in interlocking longitudinal slidingengagement with said flanges.

4. In a brooder coop, in combination, a removable floor, removable sideand end walls, a pair of removable roof sections having their upperlongitudinal edges spaced apart and turned upwardly and formed withventilating openings, and a longitudinal removable hood bridging thespace between said edges and joining the same and forming outwardlyprojecting guard eaves over said openings.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

PEARL HENRY BRAINARD.

WVitnesses:

VIRGINIA C. WVILsoN, DANIEL D. RIDEN.

